Anime Expo 2009 is reporting strong attendance at the four-day event, which wrapped up Sunday at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
More than 40,000 unique attendees reportedly have attended the annual event, with Saturday night’s Masquerade Main Event drawing a standing-room only crowd even with some 7,200 seats available.
Among the announcements that came out of the show, FUNimation announced the release in September of full-season DVD sets of Dragon Ball as well as the English-dub cast for the series Slayers Revolution.
The event also saw the announcement of the winners of the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation’s 2009 Industry Awards. The winners are:
‘ Best Voice Actor (Japanese): Kappei Yamaguchi, Death Note, ‘L’
‘ Best Voice Actor (English): Kyla Hebert, Gurren Lagaan, ‘Kamina’
‘ Best Voice Actress (Japanese): Junko Takeuchi, Naruto, ‘Naruto Uzumaki’
‘ Best Voice Actress (English): Michelle Ruff, Bleach The Movie: Memories Of Nobody, ‘Rukia Kuchiki’
‘ Best Casting Director: Jaime Simone, Bleach
‘ Best Character Design: Masaru Kitao of Madhouse, Death Note
‘ Best Mechanical Design: Yoh Yoshirari, Gurren Lagaan
‘ Best Male Character: ‘L,’ Death Note
‘ Best Female Character: ‘Rukia Kuchiki,’ Bleach The Movie: Memories Of Nobody
‘ Best Mascot Character: ‘Mokona,’ xxxHOLiC
‘ Best Background Design: Minoru Nakamura of Studio Pierrot, Bleach
‘ Best Original Video Animation: Lucky Star OVA, Bandai Entertainment
‘ Best Feature Film: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Bandai Entertainment
‘ Best Television Series: Gurren Lagaan, Bandai Entertainment
‘ Best Original Score: Death Note, Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi
‘ Best Original Song: “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight,” Bleach, Beat Crusaders, Aniplex Inc.
‘ Best Director (Japanese): Tetsuro Araki, Death Note
‘ Best Director (American): Karl Willems, Death Note
‘ Best Manga ‘ Action: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Del Rey Manga, CLAMP
‘ Best Manga ‘ Comedy: Fairy Tail, Del Rey Manga, Hiro Mashima
‘ Best Manga ‘ Drama: Monster, VIZ Media, Naoki Urasawa
‘ Best Publication: Shonen Jump, VIZ Media
‘ Best Full Motion Video in Video Game: Final Fantasy IV, Square-Enix
